Jul 27, 2008 16:12
15 yrs ago
Japanese term
Proposed translations
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12 mins
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Organize your thinking concretely
The use of "ka" will vary when translating into English.
In this case you might elect--
Organize your thinking (ideas) in concrete terms.
Organize and make your thinking concrete.
you get the idea concretely from these examples, I am sure.
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-07-27 16:28:29 GMT)
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Or
Organize and give your thinking substance (real form etc.)
In a short phrase such as this it is always difficult to guess the context
In this case you might elect--
Organize your thinking (ideas) in concrete terms.
Organize and make your thinking concrete.
you get the idea concretely from these examples, I am sure.
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-07-27 16:28:29 GMT)
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Or
Organize and give your thinking substance (real form etc.)
In a short phrase such as this it is always difficult to guess the context
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
16 mins
Geraldine Oudin
United Kingdom
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Native in: French 
Works in: Japanese to French, English to French
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to give concrete expression to sthg/to express something
At first I thought about "to make something a reality", but since the context is "psychology", the author might rather be talking about someone (a patient for ex.) gathering his/her thoughts and giving concrete expression to it?
so I would go for > "gathering one thoughts and giving concrete expression to it".
or even just > "gathering ones thoughts and expressing it"
My English is not perfect, hope you got the idea!
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Note added at 18 minutes (2008-07-27 16:30:59 GMT)
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it's "ones' thoughts", not "one thought", typing mistake, sorry
so I would go for > "gathering one thoughts and giving concrete expression to it".
or even just > "gathering ones thoughts and expressing it"
My English is not perfect, hope you got the idea!
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Note added at 18 minutes (2008-07-27 16:30:59 GMT)
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it's "ones' thoughts", not "one thought", typing mistake, sorry
35 mins
Will Matter
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Organize your thoughts and make them tangible
Just another suggested translation. For the reference given, look at definition #2. HTH.
8 hrs
organize your plans (ideas) and materialize them
I think 具体化 here means 計画書などの形にする
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